This analysis of chronically poor in rural India is based on a panel survey of households, called ARIS (Additional Rural Income Survey), which was carried out by the National Council of Applied Economic Research. This survey contains data on a panel of 4118 rural households from the whole of...

After summarizing the debate on rural poverty, the article focusses on some aspects of the relationship between rural poverty and agricultural growth. Absolute impoverishment among cultivating households is analysed. It is shown that a reduction in income from cultivation, combined with a...

The Planning Commission of India estimated a sharp reduction of poverty in the country during the early 1980s, which is attributed largely to the poverty alleviation strategy during the Sixth Plan. Specifically, it was claimed that the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) was...